John P. Burgess

The Rev. Dr. John P. Burgess has taught at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary since 1998. Previously he was professor and chaplain at Doane College and associate for theology in the Office of Theology and Worship, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He was awarded his B.A. from Colorado College, his M.Div. from McCormick Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. in Christian theology from the University of Chicago. An ordained Presbyterian minister, Burgess has served several congregations part time. He is the author of numerous books. Burgess’ professional memberships include the American Academy of Religion, the Society of Christian Ethics, and the American Theological Society. He has served his denomination as a member of the Presbyteries’ Cooperative Committee on Examinations and the Re-forming Ministry Initiative (Office of Theology and Worship) and as a faculty mentor for the Company of New Pastors. Burgess was a Fulbright Scholar to Russia in 2011 and again in 2018-2019, a Luce Fellow in Theology for 2011-2012, and a research fellow at the Center of Theological Inquiry in 2014-2015. These awards have supported his current research on the Russian Orthodox Church in post-communist Russia. Burgess is married and has three grown daughters, who are also his theological teachers.

Confessing Our Faith: The Book of Confessions for Church Leaders (WJK, 2018)

Holy Rus': The Rebirth of Orthodoxy in the New Russia (Yale University Press, 2017)

Encounters with Orthodoxy: How Protestant Churches Can Reform Themselves Again (WJK, 2013)

What is Justification About? (co-edited with Michael Weinrich; Eerdmans, 2009)

After Baptism: Shaping the Christian Life (WJK, 2005)

Why Scripture Matters: Reading the Bible in a Time of Church Conflict (WJK, 1998)

The East German Church and the End of Communism (Oxford University Press, 1997)